Archive

  • Environmentalists slam US insurers for backing coal

    03 December 2018

    Asia-Pacific firms fare slightly better; Swiss Re and Axa earn top marks

  • California survey reveals rise in insurers divesting from thermal coal

    30 November 2018

    Californian insurers’ coal policies aligned with counterparts in Europe

  • EU's Non-Financial Reporting Directive results in 'insufficient climate information'

    30 November 2018

    The EU's Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) is not causing companies to adequately report key and material climate information needed by investors, a report argues.

  • Investors welcome EU's plans to be carbon neutral by 2050

    30 November 2018

    Investors have welcomed the EU Commission's plans to be carbon neutral by 2050.

  • People Moves: Gold Standard, Cicero, Investec AM and ShareAction

    30 November 2018

    Yvo de Boer has been announced as new president-elect of the Gold Standard Foundation Board, replacing David Shelmerdine.

  • France green bond supports 7% reduction in residential sector emissions

    30 November 2018

    France's ground-breaking sovereign green bond contributed to a projected 7% reduction in the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of the country's residential homes sector, the first report on the bond's impact has revealed.

  • Storebrand makes 2026 pledge to ‘exit death spiral of coal’

    30 November 2018

    Storebrand Asset Management has revealed a path to full divestment from coal in eight years’ time, in a strategy it says is in line with the goal to restrict climate change to a maximum of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

  • Fidelity launches sustainable water and waste fund

    29 November 2018

    A fund to invest in sustainable water and waste management products has been launched by $411 billion investment manager Fidelity International.

  • Natixis Assurances to boost green assets to 10% of AuM

    29 November 2018

    French insurer Natixis Assurances is to increase the proportion of its investments that qualify as green to 10% of its total assets under management (AuM) by 2030.

  • Green Bonds round-up, 28 November

    28 November 2018

    France's state-owned postal company La Poste saw its inaugural €500 million ($564 million) green bond attract orders amounting to more than €2.1 billion.